Other cities are setting Digital Inclusion as a priority in their quest to capture funds from the stimulus package. Is the City of Los Angeles doing the same? If so, what is their plan and/or areas of priority?
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S.F. pushes hard for big slice of stimulus cash
Zachary Coile, Chronicle Washington Bureau
The San Francisco Chronicle
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
“Now that the $787 billion stimulus package is the law of the land, San Francisco is joining the rush of cities and counties lobbying for a big share of the money.
The city is making its pitch in Washington this week with a delegation led by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and composed of six members of the Board of Supervisors, top aides to Mayor Gavin Newsom and 55 business and labor leaders.
Their wish list is lengthy: The city has identified more than $2 billion in funding requests for high-speed rail, Muni, broadband access for the city’s poorer neighborhoods, health care technology and green jobs. Los Angeles, which also has a delegation in town to lobby, is asking for $6.8 billion.”
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